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IPOs, crypto funds and other things I missed this week

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.What a week it’s been. I’m exhausted. Not only are we another cycle de

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Asks Defence Sector to be Self-Reliant and Export-Oriented

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt an additional blow to the already strained Indian economy. As the federal government’s revenue recorded a negative growth of minus 23 pe

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Sudan's Bashir requests prison transfer after aide contracts virus

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir stands in a defendant's cage during the opening of his corruption trial in Khartoum. /AFP Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir req

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Maradona hails move to suspend relegation in Argentinian football

Football legend Diego Maradona, the manager of struggling Argentinian club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, has praised a decision to suspend relegation from the country's

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Venezuelan President Maduro Appoints New Heads of PDVSA and Oil Ministry - Report

Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and volatility in the oil market, Venezuela has also experienced an over 60 percent fall in oil production.Venezuelan President Nicola

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UEFA allows domestic FAs to decide European competition participation

Logo of Europe's top football governing body UEFA /VCG The UEFA allowed the domestic football federations to decide which teams can attend the European competitions next season based on the la

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U.S. House Republican leader: still no deal on more coronavirus money for small businesses

U.S. Democrats and Republicans were near agreement on Monday for extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, a top Republican lawmaker said,

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Kapten merges with parent company Free Now, starts restructuring plan

French ride-hailing company Chauffeur-Privé rebranded to Kapten just last year. At the time, the company had big expansion plans to compete with Uber in Europe across m

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British veteran raises 12 million pounds for frontline health workers

A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than 12 million pounds (15 million U.S. dollars) for the National Health Service (NHS) by completing 100 laps of his garden.

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Nintendo Switch update adds ability to transfer game downloads to SD card

Nintendo just released the 10.0.0 firmware for its Switch gaming console and finally added a feature users have wanted since the system launched. The update allows downloaded games to be transferred

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Trump says to expedite help to American farmers hurt by COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has directed his agriculture secretary to "expedite help" to American farmers hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. "I ex

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Olympic Flame display cancelled over virus concerns

Yukihiko Nunomura (L), COO of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, and Makoto Noji, director general of the Culture and Sports Bureau, pose with the Olympic Flame at J-Village in Fukushima Prefec

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PlayStation 5’s new DualSense controller is a sleek and futuristic gaming accessory

Sony has revealed the design of the PlayStation 5‘s controller – a follow-on to its popular DualShock line that takes on a new name for a new generation: DualSense.The DualSense controller is ki

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'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says fully recovered from likely coronavirus

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had recovered from a suspected case of COVID-19 after two weeks of illness."For last two weeks I've had all sympto

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Swiss track phone data to check if COVID-19 measures are working

Switzerland asked provider Swisscom for user mobile phone data to see whether their COVID-19 restrictions are working. /AP The Swiss government has rejected claims it's using mobile phone data

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Meri Williams steps down as CTO of UK challenger bank Monzo

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank that now counts over 4 million account holders, has lost its CTO, TechCrunch has learned.According to multiple sources, Meri Williams, who joined the fast-growing finte

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Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies

With limited prospects for growth, one of the iron laws of economic downturns is that advertising is among the first budgets to be cut. Advertising revenues have already cratered at many alt-weekly ne